President Muhammadu Buhari says no person accused of corruption can go scot-free even if he/she joins the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Buhari said this in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) aired on Thursday.
“They cannot,” Buhari vowed when asked about the prospect of suspected corrupt politicians going scot-free by simply defecting to the governing APC.
He added, “And nobody can go scot-free as far as I’m concerned. A lot of confusion could have been caused, but luckily, I think we try to occupy offices with integrity and that is the best thing for Nigerian leadership at all levels.
“If that is done, we would achieve a better result and if that is not done, a lot of time would be wasted talking and quarrelling and a lot of noise.”
He said the APC tries to insist on accountability and, “we are very serious about people who aspire to lead at whatever level by their performance”, that they are people of integrity.
